DFJ News and Press, WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Fund From 03/18/24

2024-03-18 12:05:00 ET Summary Markets see a positive near-term macro and corporate backdrop for the U.S. and Japan. We eye risks ahead but remain overweight stocks in both countries. U.S. stocks were largely flat last week after hotter-than-expected inflation data. Both 10-year U...

2024-03-16 06:40:00 ET Summary S&P Global's PMI surveys indicated that the global economy gained further growth momentum in February. Business activity in the developed world rose at the fastest rate for eight months, increasing for a second month after five months of decline....

2024-03-16 06:25:00 ET Summary S&P Global Market Intelligence's global growth forecast for 2024 has again been revised upward in March. Our forecast of the initial cut in policy rates by the US Federal Reserve has been pushed back to June. Even with the tweaks to our monet...

2024-03-16 05:58:43 ET Summary Rising consumer prices will invariably upset the public, business community, politicians, and central bankers. Asset inflation is universally relished, viewed generally as validation of sound underlying fundamentals. Japan's deep structural issue...

2024-03-12 14:30:00 ET Summary The US market's Shiller P/E of 34 as of March 1st is in the top 1% of history. Total profits are at near-record levels as well. If margins and multiples are both at record levels at the same time, it really is double counting and double jeopardy. For...

2024-03-11 17:50:00 ET Summary Japan's fourth quarter GDP was revised up to avoid a technical recession, and yet it still missed market expectations. We believe sluggish private consumption should remain a concern for the BoJ in order to change its policy direction. We therefo...

2024-03-07 12:30:00 ET Summary On March 6, the Bank of Canada announced it would hold its key interest rate at 5%, the highest since 2007. Roughly 20% of Canadian mortgages are up for renewal in 2024 and more than that in 2025. As consumers struggle to make ends meet, financia...

2024-03-06 06:30:00 ET Summary China's National People's Congress convened this week and set a growth target of 5%. There are rumors that the US Federal Reserve’s March dot plot will show expectations for an average of only two rate cuts in 2024. Bank of Japan (BOJ) off...

2024-02-23 09:51:00 ET Summary Japan's private sector activity broadly stagnated in February according to flash PMI data, attributed to a combination of slowing services activity growth and an acceleration in manufacturing output contraction. A sharper decline in goods new orders,...

2024-02-20 20:20:00 ET Summary The biggest economic news last week was that the Labor Department reported on Tuesday that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.3% in January and 3.1% in the past 12 months. Overall, the annual pace of the CPI continues to decelerate, but not at the...